Design and Goal

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Design noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

Usage example: the immigrant laborer had ambitious designs in mind for his daughter

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Goal is a synonym for design in intention topic. In some cases you can use "Goal" instead a noun "Design", when it comes to topics like planned.

Goal noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

Usage example: leaving the world a better place than I found it is one of my main goals

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Design is a synonym for goal in aim topic. You can use "Design" instead a noun "Goal", if it concerns topics such as intention, planned.

Nearby Words: goalless, goalie

good	good design	good goal
exact	exact design	exact goal
particular	particular design	particular goal
common	common design	common goal
Other adjectives: current, original, initial, simple, actual, entire, great, new, general, possible, final, basic, intended, different, said, overall.

By design these games are Endless Games; the player never actually "wins", and instead the long-term goal is simply to earn a better high score.

Source: Endless Running Game
The goal of the Margaret Bridge's reconstruction was explicitly to restore the bridge to its 1936 design.

Source: Retraux
Cerie of 30 Rock says her goal in life is to "marry rich and then design handbags." She has since gotten married to a guy we never meet, but who is implied to be wealthy.

Source: Gold Digger

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